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But today, on the first day of early voting in Travis county, we heard disappointing news about behavior by Marc Duchen's campaign.
Our statement below:
From the Federal Government to School Board, Republicans are trying to disrupt, & erase decades of work. Mackenzie Kelly is no different.
Krista Laine will represent our values, AND has the knowledge & experience to get things done.
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"One of the worst monsters of mankind is returning": historian Yuval Noah Harari has called Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine the most important conflict taking place in the world.
"It seems to me that this war is the most important conflict taking place in the world today. Perhaps it is the end of the Cold War. Because it calls into question all these basic, fundamental values and norms of the world order, the world system," Harari said.
According to the historian, what is happening in Ukraine indicates the return of one of the worst monsters in human history.
"We thought that we had buried it forever, this imperialism, but it is re-emerging. And in human history, the basic prerequisite for life for all human beings on Earth was that at any time neighbors could invade the territory of another country, kill the population there, conquer and subjugate entire countries. This has been the situation throughout human history and, in fact, this is the meaning of the term imperialism," he explained.
According to Harari, over the past few generations, this has become a taboo in the international system. In particular, he explained that despite the existence of conflicts and wars, the idea of being able to simply take over another country out of the blue because you are stronger has become taboo for all normal countries.
The historian added that this taboo was so effective that many countries forgot what imperialism was. They began to talk about cultural imperialism and economic imperialism, but forgot the true meaning of the term. But now Putin is bringing this narrative back.
Harari said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine demonstrates that every region captured by the Russian army is later annexed by the Russian state. According to the historian, this is, in fact, the old imperialism.
"And if they are not stopped in Ukraine, this imperialism will spread throughout the world," Yuval Noah Harari emphasized.
"The goal of Putin's war is the destruction of the Ukrainian state and nation. He has said this several times, many times. And the territories that the Russian army captures are added to the Russian state. And this violates the international order, violates international law. This is very, very harmful to the international system and to people around the world," the Israeli historian summarized.
Full interview in English: https://t.co/rD3rcZKnRp
This is Andrey Shinyagin. In 2018 he was imprisoned for abducting and torturing seven women. Now, after spending two months on the front line in Ukraine, he’s going to be a schoolteacher.
1/11 🧵How Putin's "new elite" is taking shape:
Putins soldiers were in Ukraine for the entire 4 years Trump was president. Trump did nothing to stop that war. The war started in 2014; it escalated in 2022.
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Harris loses if she's 7% off on a stat, mispronounces a word, or smiles more than twice
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Trump supporters paint @KamalaHarris as a communist, which is their right. Yet we shouldn't wonder when US kids assume that communism is not famines, censorship, and concentration camps, but progressive taxation, LGBTQ-friendly policies, and investment in green technologies...
OTD in 1939 Nazi Germany staged the Gleiwitz incident. After accusing Poland of ethnic cleansing against his countrymen, Hitler staged a false flag to justify invasion & genocide.
Imagine such bullshit being tolerated today....